This article was updated on June 3. See update at the end of the article. The Los Angeles Unified School District school board wants all public school students in the city to be taught that Arizona’s new immigration law is un-American. The school board president made the announcement Tuesday night …
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A North Carolina man is in the custody of federal authorities, who say he planned assassinations in the United States in support of the Islamic State terrorist group. Federal authorities said in a news release Monday that 19-year-old Justin Nojan Sullivan of Morganton faces several charges, including …
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HONOLULU – Instead of a trial, most of the people arrested in April for blocking construction of a giant mountaintop telescope will likely participate in a Hawaiian culture-based form of mediation. Three defendants in the case filed a motion asking for a hooponopono (ho-OH’-po-noh-po-noh) as an alternative to a trial. …
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Happy hour is back in Illinois — but not all bar owners are saying “cheers” to the new law. Pitchers Pub and Pizzeria owner Lloyd Cueto in Belleville supports the change. He says he’s lost business to out-of-state bars since Illinois banned happy hour in the 1980s. …
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MANOKOTAK, Alaska – A 5-year-old girl from Manokotak (man-oh-KOH’-tak) has died after falling into the Alaska village’s sewage lagoon. Alaska State Troopers say Daphne Mochin was taken by emergency flight to Anchorage, but died from the effects of drowning. Troopers say the girl and two friends climbed under a fence …
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TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. – Eight prisoners have been injured in stabbings at a prison in northwest Tennessee amid tensions between gangs and a shortage of correctional officers. The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/1LFyEJ7) the stabbings occurred Friday at Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville. The Tennessee Department of Correction-run prison has been put on …
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VINITA, Okla. – A day care center in northeast Oklahoma has shut its doors after a mother reported her two sons were severely sunburned during an outing to a local splash pad. Department of Human Services spokeswoman Debra Martin said Tuesday the Happiness is a Learning Center day care in …
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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – Two tourists from France have been found dead after hiking in New Mexico’s White Sands National Monument, but a young boy was recused, authorities said Thursday. The child was found alive and treated for heat exposure Tuesday when the daytime temperature at the monument was 101 degrees, …
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MIAMI – The mayor of Miami Beach and other South Florida leaders are joining the opposition to an orca’s decades-long captivity at the Miami Seaquarium. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and other groups have sued in Miami federal court, saying the orca named Lolita should ultimately be …
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LOS ANGELES – Bumble Bee Foods agreed to pay $6 million to settle criminal charges Wednesday in the death of a worker who was cooked in an oven with tons of tuna. District Attorney Jackie Lacey said the settlement is the largest payout in a California workplace-violation death. Jose Melena, …
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